Improvement in combined boot and shoe for horses



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HENRY e. HAEDRIGH AND EDWARD M.. HAEDRIGH, 0E PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters .Patent No.' 105,068, dated July 5, 1870.

in Gombined AHorseshoes and Boots; andA do hereby declare the followingto bea full, clear. and exact description thereof, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

Ourinvent-ion relates to the device for which Lett-ers Patent No. 96,104were granted to H. G. Haedrich, October 26, 1869, and is designed toeheapen the construction of such combined shoes and boots, as well as toinake them more effective and generally'useful.

It consists, first, in the form of the top and the mode of applying thestraps thereto; and, second, in the mode ot' securing the top to a shoe.

' In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionappertains to make and use the same, we will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichforms a part of 'this specification, and in which- Figure l is a sideelevation, and

Figure 2 a rear view of the combined shoe and boot.

Figure 3 is a plan view, the top being broken to show the manner inwhich the same is secured to the shoe.

A represents the shoe, and

B the top of leather or other suitable material.

The top B is turned under, so that its lower border lies fiat ori theupper surface of the shoe, and a plate' or strip, C, of metal, leather,or other suitable maf. terial, is laid ou top of said border, the partsbeing :united with rivets.

By thus turning under the border of the top, besides strengthening theboot and cheapening its construction, we obtain the mechanical advantageof niathe plate G, if made of metal, must be broken at the joints But ifsuch plate is of leather, or other pliable substance, it may be acontinuous strip, or in twof or more sections joined together, ormeeting, or with intervals between the ends ot' the sections.

The two back parts of the top B 'are made stifliciently large to overlapeach other, and they are also made concave, as shown in figs. 1 and 2,so that when the straps D and E are buckled, and the back parts of thetops thus drawn together, the concavities conform to the pastern of thehorse, and the boot is thus securely attached to the hoof, While theoverlapping parts ofthe top at the same time protect the tender parts ofthe horses limbs immediately above'vthe hoof from being chafed by theinstelling-strap D.

The strap E extends in and out through holes cut in the top, us shown,passing obliquely around. the top, said strap being in front, aboutone-haii' an inch below the upper edge ot' the top, so vthat this strapshall come below or be entirely clear .of the coronet when the boot ison the'horses hoof.

The object of this is, first, to obtain a more secure fastening for theboot; second, to prevent breakage of the fastening by distributing theheavy strain which falls upon it when the horse is in motion, especiallywhen he starts; and, third, to cause the strain to 'fall on the hornypart of the hoof rather than upon the Coronet or exposed iicshy parts-ofthe horses limbs immediately above the hoof.

The above-described improvements are equally applicable to shoes with orwithout joints.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What we claim as new Letters Patent, is-

1. lThe top B, provided with two concave 'overlap- I ping parts at theheel, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of the shoe A, top B, strip C,` and straps D E, allconstructed and arranged substa-ntially as shown and described, and forlthe pur.

poses specified. HENRY G.- HAEDRIGH.' EDWARD M. HAEDRICH.

Witnesses:

GEO. Patronat., g WILLIAM ROBINSON.

and desire to secure by

